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IBM set to release Linux-only Power server
News In an effort to vault its Power processors into more widespread use, IBM plans to announce Monday a new, inexpensive server line called OpenPower that can run just the Linux operating system, CNET News.com has learned.
[September 10, 2004, 13:55]
HP to sell ProLiant servers with Sun's Solaris
News HP is to bundle the Solaris 10 operating system with its ProLiant servers and blade systems. The multi-year deal, announced on Wednesday, marks the first time the hardware manufacturer has explicitly endorsed Sun's operating systems — a rival to...
[February 26, 2009, 15:46]
HP to confirm Opteron server
News Hewlett-Packard is expected announce a server based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor on Tuesday, as the latest move in a chess game between AMD and Intel over 64-bit chips. The move, first reported by CNET News.com, would make HP the...
[February 24, 2004, 7:45]
Virtual unrealities exposed
News Over the past 18 months, the buzz around server virtualisation has gradually evolved to a point where customer demand almost matches the hype from vendors. Yet the technology really is nothing new, as anyone familiar with Unix and mainframes will...
[July 17, 2006, 15:00]
VMWare goes four-way
News VMware, the EMC subsidiary whose software lets a computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously in separate "virtual machines", has grown a step more ambitious. The initial version of the company's software created virtual machines with the...
[November 1, 2004, 8:04]
Opteron hoping to light up Sun's Galaxy
News Sun plans to announce on 12 September its "Galaxy" line of AMD Opteron-based servers, a product family developed by hardware guru Andy Bechtolsheim that's a central part of the company's recovery plan.
[September 5, 2005, 8:30]
Intel makes new Xeon for four-processor servers
News Intel on Tuesday will unveil new Xeon processors for four-processor servers, marking the latest entrant in the increasingly competitive server market. The chip, a member of the Gallatin family, will run at 3 gigahertz and include 4 megabytes of...
[March 2, 2004, 8:40]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix licence is safe
News SCO's ongoing legal action against IBM and end users -- claiming that the Linux OS the former sells and many of the latter group runs infringes on its Unix intellectual property rights -- has left one company quietly out of the dog fight: Sun...
[July 31, 2003, 8:47]
Solaris 10 shines, but there's a risk of burning
Leader Anyone who still doubts the power of open thinking to change the world need only read our review of Solaris 10. Solaris is a mature, complex operating system that embodies some of the latest thinking on OS design from a company with a long...
[April 21, 2005, 13:20]
HP starts selling four-Opteron server
News Hewlett-Packard has begun selling a four-Opteron server, its second model to use the Advanced Micro Devices processor, and has brought the chip into its high-performance technical computing line. The ProLiant DL585 can accommodate as much as 64GB...
[April 20, 2004, 8:55]
Fedora to get PowerPC support
News Version four of Fedora, Red Hat's free Linux offering, is slated to support two significant new features, the first for IBM's Power processor and the second for software that lets the same computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously.
[February 15, 2005, 12:05]
Sun sets Opteron strategy
News Sun Microsystems is placing Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip at the centre of its low-end server strategy, starting with a dual-processor system, to be announced this month, and four- and eight-processor systems coming later.
[February 2, 2004, 9:45]
IBM goes open source on supercomputers
News IBM has released its first certified open-source software for Linux-based supercomputers, marking the tenth anniversary of its involvement with Linux. Released at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday, the IBM HPC Open Software...
[August 6, 2008, 14:54]
Getting real results from virtual machines
News For years, VMware president Diane Greene led a company in an obscure part of the industry called virtualisation. But all of the sudden, virtualisation is a hot subject, and she no longer has the market to herself.
[October 21, 2005, 14:35]
Intel reveals second-gen dual-core details
News Intel President Paul Otellini announced three second-generation dual-core processors on Thursday and said first-generation prototypes are faring well. In February, Intel said it was working on 15 dual-core chip designs and on Thursday Otellini...
[May 6, 2005, 9:05]
Sun acquires firm employing its co-founder
News Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire Kealia, a start-up that designs servers with Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor and that employs Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim. We have been working on a bunch of next-generation Opteron servers that...
[February 11, 2004, 7:50]
Linux goes Live on Gentoo CD release
News The Linux distro is due to release a version of its operating system that can be run directly off a CD-ROM, so that people can try Gentoo without installing it The next version of Gentoo, due for release in February 2005, will include a Live CD...
[November 25, 2004, 10:50]
Dell: Throwing its weight around
News To some, Dell marches to the beat of Intel and Microsoft drums, dutifully following their research and development plans. But to hear Kevin Kettler tell it, the PC maker often takes its own lead. Not only is the company active in establishing...
[April 12, 2006, 15:55]
Sun plans Opteron software support
News Sun Microsystems' software products will support Advanced Micro Devices' new Opteron processor -- but not initially the chip's 64-bit capabilities that distinguish it from rival Intel processors. The support will include Sun's version of Unix...
[April 22, 2003, 10:46]
Dell to launch dual-core Xeon servers
News Dell plans to announce on Monday the first server to come with Intel's dual-core Xeon processor, a significant step in the allies' effort to catch up with technology from chipmaker AMD. Dell is bringing the new 2.8GHz chip to all of its dual...
[September 26, 2005, 9:35]
